Problems with USB Stick
I'm quite new using Ubuntu, I actually came from macOS. So I'm sorry not knowing basic stuff... But I've got experience using bash.
I'm using Ubuntu Dektop 18.04.
I failed using a "Spaceloop by CNMemory® Generic Flash Disk 8GB" USB Stick. I tried it also with macOS, but there where problems too.
Now, I tried to "repair" it under Ubuntu. I searched the whole internet and tried different stuff.
So first, I inserted the Stick into my USB Port. In "Files", I found nothing, neither in the sidebar, nor in "Other Locations". So I opened "Disks". I added a picture here.
Unfortunately, I'm not abled to format the disk in the "Disks"-Utility. The option is grey...
Then, I changed to the Terminal and tried stuff with mount, gdisk, fdisk, fsck, parted and so on, but nothing was succesful. I will not post the whole bash session, that's too much :-)
But there was often the message, that the disk is "Read-Only-Filesystem". But how can I read it, and how can I mount it Read-Write?
But reading is not the most important thing, I think, there is nothing important on the Stick... I just want to use the Stick!
Please ask me if something is not clear, or if I should post some more information, e.g. some bash output or stuff like that :-)
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I'm quite new using Ubuntu, I actually came from macOS. So I'm sorry not knowing basic stuff... But I've got experience using bash.
I'm using Ubuntu Dektop 18.04.
I failed using a "Spaceloop by CNMemory® Generic Flash Disk 8GB" USB Stick. I tried it also with macOS, but there where problems too.
Now, I tried to "repair" it under Ubuntu. I searched the whole internet and tried different stuff.
So first, I inserted the Stick into my USB Port. In "Files", I found nothing, neither in the sidebar, nor in "Other Locations". So I opened "Disks". I added a picture here.
Unfortunately, I'm not abled to format the disk in the "Disks"-Utility. The option is grey...
Then, I changed to the Terminal and tried stuff with mount, gdisk, fdisk, fsck, parted and so on, but nothing was succesful. I will not post the whole bash session, that's too much :-)
But there was often the message, that the disk is "Read-Only-Filesystem". But how can I read it, and how can I mount it Read-Write?
But reading is not the most important thing, I think, there is nothing important on the Stick... I just want to use the Stick!
Please ask me if something is not clear, or if I should post some more information, e.g. some bash output or stuff like that :-)
usb mount usb-drive disk format
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Some USB drives have a read-write switch on the side which forces the electronics into read-only state until it's changed (most don't have this, but check), and the OS can't override this if correctly done. When youmountit did you mount as rw? and if it mounted in read-only you are usually given error messages that is your clue as to why it was only mounted read-only (you can read-back these thru logs (dmesgjournalctl..) to remind yourself, but since gui tools hide many of these messages it may be necessary if using gui).
– guiverc
1 hour ago
I actually do not know whether the stick is mounted. I cannot find anything in /mnt or /media. How exactly can I try it?sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/username?
– ferdi2003
1 hour ago
Can you try to reformat to NTFS on macos ? ( I don't have a mac) On UBUNTU you can type lsblk to display mountpoints. But if it is not mounted it won't show, when I insert a usb drive with label "USB02" and type 'lsblk' it shows on last line.
– BobRun
35 mins ago
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I'm quite new using Ubuntu, I actually came from macOS. So I'm sorry not knowing basic stuff... But I've got experience using bash.
I'm using Ubuntu Dektop 18.04.
I failed using a "Spaceloop by CNMemory® Generic Flash Disk 8GB" USB Stick. I tried it also with macOS, but there where problems too.
Now, I tried to "repair" it under Ubuntu. I searched the whole internet and tried different stuff.
So first, I inserted the Stick into my USB Port. In "Files", I found nothing, neither in the sidebar, nor in "Other Locations". So I opened "Disks". I added a picture here.
Unfortunately, I'm not abled to format the disk in the "Disks"-Utility. The option is grey...
Then, I changed to the Terminal and tried stuff with mount, gdisk, fdisk, fsck, parted and so on, but nothing was succesful. I will not post the whole bash session, that's too much :-)
But there was often the message, that the disk is "Read-Only-Filesystem". But how can I read it, and how can I mount it Read-Write?
But reading is not the most important thing, I think, there is nothing important on the Stick... I just want to use the Stick!
Please ask me if something is not clear, or if I should post some more information, e.g. some bash output or stuff like that :-)
usb mount usb-drive disk format
asked 1 hour ago
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I'm quite new using Ubuntu, I actually came from macOS. So I'm sorry not knowing basic stuff... But I've got experience using bash.
I'm using Ubuntu Dektop 18.04.
I failed using a "Spaceloop by CNMemory® Generic Flash Disk 8GB" USB Stick. I tried it also with macOS, but there where problems too.
Now, I tried to "repair" it under Ubuntu. I searched the whole internet and tried different stuff.
So first, I inserted the Stick into my USB Port. In "Files", I found nothing, neither in the sidebar, nor in "Other Locations". So I opened "Disks". I added a picture here.
Unfortunately, I'm not abled to format the disk in the "Disks"-Utility. The option is grey...
Then, I changed to the Terminal and tried stuff with mount, gdisk, fdisk, fsck, parted and so on, but nothing was succesful. I will not post the whole bash session, that's too much :-)
But there was often the message, that the disk is "Read-Only-Filesystem". But how can I read it, and how can I mount it Read-Write?
But reading is not the most important thing, I think, there is nothing important on the Stick... I just want to use the Stick!
Please ask me if something is not clear, or if I should post some more information, e.g. some bash output or stuff like that :-)
usb mount usb-drive disk format
usb mount usb-drive disk format
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Some USB drives have a read-write switch on the side which forces the electronics into read-only state until it's changed (most don't have this, but check), and the OS can't override this if correctly done. When youmountit did you mount as rw? and if it mounted in read-only you are usually given error messages that is your clue as to why it was only mounted read-only (you can read-back these thru logs (dmesgjournalctl..) to remind yourself, but since gui tools hide many of these messages it may be necessary if using gui).
– guiverc
1 hour ago
I actually do not know whether the stick is mounted. I cannot find anything in /mnt or /media. How exactly can I try it?sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/username?
– ferdi2003
1 hour ago
Can you try to reformat to NTFS on macos ? ( I don't have a mac) On UBUNTU you can type lsblk to display mountpoints. But if it is not mounted it won't show, when I insert a usb drive with label "USB02" and type 'lsblk' it shows on last line.
– BobRun
35 mins ago
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Some USB drives have a read-write switch on the side which forces the electronics into read-only state until it's changed (most don't have this, but check), and the OS can't override this if correctly done. When youmountit did you mount as rw? and if it mounted in read-only you are usually given error messages that is your clue as to why it was only mounted read-only (you can read-back these thru logs (dmesgjournalctl..) to remind yourself, but since gui tools hide many of these messages it may be necessary if using gui).
– guiverc
1 hour ago
I actually do not know whether the stick is mounted. I cannot find anything in /mnt or /media. How exactly can I try it?sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/username?
– ferdi2003
1 hour ago
Can you try to reformat to NTFS on macos ? ( I don't have a mac) On UBUNTU you can type lsblk to display mountpoints. But if it is not mounted it won't show, when I insert a usb drive with label "USB02" and type 'lsblk' it shows on last line.
– BobRun
35 mins ago
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Some USB drives have a read-write switch on the side which forces the electronics into read-only state until it's changed (most don't have this, but check), and the OS can't override this if correctly done. When you
mount it did you mount as rw? and if it mounted in read-only you are usually given error messages that is your clue as to why it was only mounted read-only (you can read-back these thru logs (dmesg journalctl ..) to remind yourself, but since gui tools hide many of these messages it may be necessary if using gui).– guiverc
1 hour ago
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Some USB drives have a read-write switch on the side which forces the electronics into read-only state until it's changed (most don't have this, but check), and the OS can't override this if correctly done. When you
mount it did you mount as rw? and if it mounted in read-only you are usually given error messages that is your clue as to why it was only mounted read-only (you can read-back these thru logs (dmesg journalctl ..) to remind yourself, but since gui tools hide many of these messages it may be necessary if using gui).– guiverc
1 hour ago
I actually do not know whether the stick is mounted. I cannot find anything in /mnt or /media. How exactly can I try it?
sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/username?– ferdi2003
1 hour ago
I actually do not know whether the stick is mounted. I cannot find anything in /mnt or /media. How exactly can I try it?
sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/username?– ferdi2003
1 hour ago
Can you try to reformat to NTFS on macos ? ( I don't have a mac) On UBUNTU you can type lsblk to display mountpoints. But if it is not mounted it won't show, when I insert a usb drive with label "USB02" and type 'lsblk' it shows on last line.
– BobRun
35 mins ago
Can you try to reformat to NTFS on macos ? ( I don't have a mac) On UBUNTU you can type lsblk to display mountpoints. But if it is not mounted it won't show, when I insert a usb drive with label "USB02" and type 'lsblk' it shows on last line.
– BobRun
35 mins ago
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Some USB drives have a read-write switch on the side which forces the electronics into read-only state until it's changed (most don't have this, but check), and the OS can't override this if correctly done. When you
mountit did you mount as rw? and if it mounted in read-only you are usually given error messages that is your clue as to why it was only mounted read-only (you can read-back these thru logs (dmesgjournalctl..) to remind yourself, but since gui tools hide many of these messages it may be necessary if using gui).– guiverc
1 hour ago
I actually do not know whether the stick is mounted. I cannot find anything in /mnt or /media. How exactly can I try it?
sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/username?– ferdi2003
1 hour ago
Can you try to reformat to NTFS on macos ? ( I don't have a mac) On UBUNTU you can type lsblk to display mountpoints. But if it is not mounted it won't show, when I insert a usb drive with label "USB02" and type 'lsblk' it shows on last line.
– BobRun
35 mins ago